Earlier Inspector general, India Reserve Battalion, Bhondsi, and IG, Security, Saurabh Singh have been replaced by a 1996- batch IPS officer, Hanif Qureshi.
Qureshi has been appointed as the Panchkula commissioner of police. He will also continue to hold on to the charge of the Director-General Renewable Energy Department. Mentioning the qualification of the officer, apart from the degree in M.Tech and MBA, he also holds a Ph.D. in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati, USA.